Artificial selection: A powerful tool for ecologists

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1650-1660

  Conner, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Artificial selection; Character displacement; Constraints; Controlled natural selection; Environmental change; Genetic variation and correlation; Niche and range boundaries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; NICHE; SELECTION; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

EID: 0345016030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1650:ASAPTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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